Owen Farrell can handle the pressure, says father Andy

Backs coach Andy Farrell insists his son Owen would not be affected by the responsibility of wearing the England No10 jersey on his Twickenham debut against Wales in the RBS Six Nations tomorrow.

Farrell senior captained the Great Britain rugby league team at 21 years old and while his son is a year younger, the Saracens head coach is confident he will be watching another impressive showing at Twickenham where Owen, normally at centre, has been handed the role due to injury to Charlie Hodgson.

Farrell said: "There will be pressure on both sides and I don't worry about the expectation that is put on Owen's shoulders and like Chris Robshaw who is captaining the team for the first time at Twickenham, he is super proud.

"There are similarities with me playing for Great Britain because I was also a youngster performing at international level and it is dream come true for Owen and the whole family.

"It's been a pleasure to prepare in normal training conditions after the snow in Italy and because of that the training has been upbeat and tell there is something different in the air."

Farrell is also looking forward to seeing Manu Tuilagi back in action for England for the first time since the World Cup after the Leicester centre recovered from his hamstring injury.

He said: "Manu has brought a presence and is super keen to get back to playing after a stop start season and that has been frustrating. He has had two games and is ready for that step up."

Chris Robshaw will captain England at home for the first time, in what will be only his fourth Test.

He said: "Its a huge honour to lead my country out at Twickenham and we knew it was all about getting wins in Scotland and Italy and we weren't perfect and must improve tomorrow.We know each other better now and that does take time."

Wales have reported a fully fit squad ahead of their final session on the Twickenham pitch later today, having had to replace Perpignan's Jame Hook last night who has been suffering with chicken pox and was left out as a precaution.

A WRU statement said: "Although Hook is physically well it was felt that, in the best interests of the Welsh team and the opposition, he should be withdrawn from the game.Whilst this decision has not been taken lightly, it was concluded that this was the most responsible course of action in the present circumstances."

Hook has been replaced by Stephen Jones who holds the Welsh records for the highest number of international appearances (104) and most conversions (153).